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transferred post · #1 12-09-2005, 01:08 PM

This is a thread that was started in our old BlissWeddings.com forums by Melinmay on 11/14/02. Feel free to add your comments by pressing Post Reply.

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posted by Melinmay

Hello all! I have a idea I would like to put out there regarding our centerpeices and see what people think. We are having a pretty laid back wedding reception. Its at a VFW in our area and its a buffet sit down dinner. We are unable to attatch anything to the walls or ceilings so we are limited on the decorating..but we were going to use alot of balloons. We are going to build an arch above the dance floor with balloons and things like that. Anyway we are using baloons as a theme. Our colors are Lavender and Silver. We are having open bar for beer/wine at the reception and have someone there to serve the wine/beer. But the Champagne we thought would be nice to have on each table so people dont have to come up to the bar area to get it. We are not having servers who pour it already, so people have to do that themselves. So what I was thinking for centerpeices was to take a Aluminum bucket/champage bucket and paint it Lavender and put Silver etching into it. Then Stencil our names and date on them and attatch our balloons which are silver and lavender on the handles. I would also have a wreath of greenery around the bottom of the bucket. The ice inside the bucket we would dye w/food coloring the color Lavender to match our colors and have a couple bottles of the champagne in the buckets. After the reception we were going to give one to each person in the wedding party. Does this sound ok? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!!

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posted by feb-bride

I like the idea. Here's what I'd do differently:

Silver buckets with lavender print (instead of lavender buckets with silver print)

No wreath at the bottom of the buckets

Be glad that they won't let you hang anything on the walls and ceiling. Two of my cousins did a lot of wall/ceiling decorating at their weddings, and it ended up looking more like a birthday party than a wedding reception.

Good luck!

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posted by wynelle

One more thought... don't put food coloring in the ice. It will stain the napkin used to wrap the bottle; if it drips it will permanently stain the table cloth and and guest clothing it touches.. If you can find a washable coloring, that might work.

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posted by Melinmay

Thanks you guys for the feedback. I did not even think of the food coloring dying the napkins or clothing. Also Feb-Bride, I saw the suggestion on not having the greenery at bottom. Do you think it will look weird without anything under it..just sitting on a white table cloth?? Thats what I was worried about..Do you have any suggestions on what I could use?

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posted by anon

How about gathering lavendar or white tulle around the bottom of the buckets?

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posted by Melinmay

Thats a good idea...tulle. Maybe put some lavender inside the tulle and twist it and tie with a lavender ribbon at the end and tuck it under or something. Thanks Anon..I love this place..you get so many good ideas.

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posted by Holly

I like your decorating ideas, Melinmay...
Another thought -- tulle is a great idea, and relatively inexpensive, but if you can't do that then you could scatter silver or lavendar confetti around the base of the buckets... not a lot, but enough to give a transition between the tablecloths and the centrepieces. I saw silver confetti scattered around a centrepiece at a wedding, and it looked really good! I just wouldn't overdo it.

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posted by Melinmay

Thanks Holly! The confetti is a good idea, but we are responsible for cleaning up the night of the reception, and have come to the conclusion we dont want any little pieces or things like that to be used. Less time on the cleanup..but that is a good idea.

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posted by feb-bride

You can always put a lace doily (NOT a paper one - a fabric one) under each bucket. I also like the tulle idea.

I just think the greenery would look out-of-place. One of my cousins used little wreaths at the bottom of glass bowls that had candles in them, and the little wreaths made the centerpieces look cheap. They looked better once you took the wreaths off.

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posted by Melinmay

Now that you mention it, that is true. I noticed that before at another function how much better it looked without it. Thanks

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posted by little wedding

Here in the uk if someone gives me a limited budget for table decoratons, I use small glass vases about a dollar wrapped in a square if cheap tulle ,tied with ribbon and puffed out.Add a single flower,ting ting(swirly silver or gold twigs and a mini balloon on a stem. cheap but very elegant. cost about 2 dollars. You can aleways use the little vases later for posies.

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